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“However, we cannot but denounce the attempts of certain circles in Western countries to use the noble slogans about the protection of human rights to camouflage flagrant and continuous violations of these rights in their own countries and to slander socialism, to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, to undermine the national liberation movement of peoples and to discredit the policy of peaceful coexistence and detente. 38. Such a speculation on the problem of safeguarding human rights is utterly unacceptable and should be completely ruled cut in the United Nations. 39.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The peoples of the world should do their utmost to provide for everyone, everywhere, an opportunity to live without poverty and unemployment, so that everyone can enjoy the right to work, education, freedom from exploitation, racial discrimination and oppression, as well as an opportunity to benefit from the scientific and technical revolution and progress. 36. We, in the Ukrainian SSR, where all the activities of the Communist Party and the State show concern for promoting well-being and the free comprehensive development of all the members of our society, fully appreciate and understand the efforts of those States which are always striving genuinely and consistently to ensure human rights and to participate in international cooperation in this field. 37.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The struggle for peace, the elimination of hotbeds of international tension and the development of normal relations among States, as well as the liquidation of colonialism and of all manifestations of racial discrimination, are therefore the most important prerequisites for the observance of human rights and freedoms. 35. It is the straggle against the most gross violations of human rights in Chile, in South Africa and in the Arab lands occupied by Israel that constitutes a fundamental means of deepening the co-operation among States in the promotion of respect for, and observance of, human rights.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Lenin concerning the liberation of peoples from social and colonial oppression, proceeds from the fact that international co-operation in the field of human rights should be aimed primarily at the struggle against massive and brutal violations of human rights and freedoms, which are the results of the policy of colonialism, racism, apartheid and fascism. 33. All honorable people on earth must indignantly and decisively condemn the crimes against humanity committed by the bloody Fascist junta in Chile. The United Nations must forcefully demand the cessation of the flagrant violations of human rights and freedom in Chile, ensure the cessation of the cruel mistreatment of Chilean patriots and the immediate freeing of Luis Corvalan and of other democrats languishing in the junta's goals. 34.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The oppressed peoples in southern Africa are demanding that independence be granted to them immediately. Any delay is an attempt on the part of the colonialists to retain their positions, and to find new forms of colonial oppression. 30. We are sure that the day is at hand when the genuine representatives of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa will join us in this hall. 31. The racism of Salisbury and the apartheid of South Africa are but a few examples of the fact that in those countries where exploitation and oppression exist, the violation of human rights is institutionalized into a State policy. 32. The Ukrainian SSR, guided by the immortal ideas of V. I.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The United Nations has repeatedly and decisively denounced the regimes of racial discrimination and apartheid, and it is only the political, economic and military support of these regimes by major Western Powers that for a certain time can help them escape complete collapse. One cannot but become apprehensive at the efforts, which have recently become so frequent, on the part of some protectors of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, to save the racist regimes from an inevitable defeat and to undermine the legitimate national liberation struggle of the peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia and the indigenous population of South Africa for freedom and independence by means of diversionary maneuvers. One may rest assured that the Governments and peoples of Africa will appraise "the efforts" of this kind at their true worth. 29.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“We demand the implementation of the resolution adopted by the General Assembly at its thirtieth session on the creation of favorable conditions for converting the armistice in Korea into a durable peace and accelerating the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea [resolution 3390 (XXX)]. 27. To this end it is necessary to withdraw all foreign troops from the territory of South Korea, thus creating conditions for a peaceful and democratic reunification of the country, without any foreign interference. 28. The cause of freedom and independence in Africa consistently encounters the opposition of the racist regimes of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The situation in this region once again confirms the impossibility of any partial settlement of the conflict in the Middle East. The solution has to be provided for within a whole complex, and within the mechanism established especially for that purpose, namely, the Geneva Peace Conference on the Middle East, with the participation of all parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization. 25. The interests of peace in the Mediterranean requires preserving the status of Cyprus as a unified, independent and sovereign non-aligned State, as well as an immediate and complete implementation of the decisions of the United Nations on Cyprus. A representative international conference on Cyprus within the framework of the United Nations would be the best forum for settling the Cyprus problem. 26.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The continuing arms race hinders the strengthening of international security, contributes to the creation of new military hotbeds, and delays the elimination of armed conflicts. 24. The explosive situation still exists in the Middle East, where the solution of the problem based on the well-known resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly have long been undermined by Israel's persistence in her expansionist policy. Israel and the forces backing her are trying to sow discord among Arab States and to weaken the anti-imperialist front. There can be no real peace in this region while Israel continues the aggression, and while Palestinians are deprived of their homeland. The pernicious consequences of this situation are diverse, something which is demonstrated by the tragic developments in Lebanon.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Of course, the renunciation of the use of force in international relations in no way restricts the right of States to individual or collective self-defense against aggression and the elimination of its consequences, as provided for in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. Similarly, in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [resolution 1514 (XV)], their right to fight for national freedom and independence with all available means remains in-violable. Therefore, all who reject the policy of aggression, who oppose the suppression of peoples' struggle for freedom and independence by force, cannot but support this proposal which is so important for the strengthening of international peace.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The importance of such a treaty is enhanced by the fact that its participants must undertake to refrain from using all types of weapons, including nuclear weapons, for settling disputes among them, thus effectively preventing a thermonuclear war. 22. The conclusion of a world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations would make a constructive and effective contribution to the struggle of peoples aimed at saving mankind from the scourge of war. The matter in question is not of limited regional nature but is a global action of worldwide significance. 23.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“This proposal is an integral part of the implementation of the program of further struggle for peace and international co-operation and for the freedom and independence of the peoples, proclaimed by the Twenty-fifth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Its objective, as L. I. Brezhnev pointed out, is "to make the danger of war recede still further and to create favorable conditions for progress towards disarmament". Apart from stressing the importance of the principle of the non-use of force embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and numerous bilateral and multilateral treaties, the Soviet Union proposes that it should be made an effective law of present-day international life.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The World Disarmament Conference has not yet been convened because of the opposition of a number of States, though it is quite evident that the problem of stopping the arms race and implementing substantial disarmament measures affects the interests of all countries and should therefore be considered and settled at the widest and most authoritative forum entrusted with corresponding powers. 21. A new Soviet proposal for the conclusion of a world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations has been submitted for consideration at the current thirty-first session of the General Assembly [A/31/243].”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The problem of the prohibition of chemical weapons has long been awaiting a solution, although there are favorable conditions for its settlement. Since 1972, the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament had before it the draft of a corresponding convention submitted by the socialist countries. The understanding of 3 July 1974, between the USSR and the United States of America on a joint initiative concerning the prohibition, as a first step, of the most dangerous and lethal chemical means of warfare has not so far been implemented. We believe that the priority task of the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament lies in stepping up its work in every way so as to achieve substantial progress in working out an agreement on the complete prohibition of chemical weapons. 20.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“We hope that the negotiations on this question within the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva with the participation of experts will, we hope, yield positive results in the near future and will lead to drafting an international document banning the development and manufacture of the most dangerous means of warfare. 18. We are happy to note the progress made in the drafting of the text of an international convention on the prohibition of action to influence the environment for military purposes. The Conference of the Committee on Disarmament has succeeded in overcoming difficulties it had and in coming to agreement on the draft of this important document [see A/31/27, annex I]. The General Assembly has good grounds for approving the convention at this session and for appealing to all States to become parties to it. 19.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The General Assembly of the United Nations has repeatedly spoken out in favor of the early and urgent solution of this problem. The treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear weapon tests, the draft of which was submitted by the Soviet Union at the last session of the General Assembly, could become a concrete solution of this important problem. The unwillingness of certain nuclear States to participate in negotiations on the conclusion of such a treaty cannot be regarded otherwise than a refusal to contribute to the cessation of the nuclear arms race* 17. Of special significance among questions concerning the limitation of the arms race and disarmament is the prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new weapons systems.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It is worth emphasizing the importance for the consolidation of peace of the well-known agreements between the USSR and the United States of America on the prevention of nuclear war, on the limitation of strategic arms, as well as treaties on the limitation of underground nuclear tests and on underground nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes. 15. It is quite obvious that, because of the@ extremely dangerous nature of nuclear weapons, the cessation of the nuclear arms race, the reduction of nuclear weapons and their subsequent elimination are top priorities among disarmament measures, and the sine qua non for these measures is the participation of all nuclear Powers in their implementation. 16. A comprehensive nuclear test-ban treaty has been an urgent necessity for a long time.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Conscious of obstacles in the road to the cessation of the arms race, we believe at the same time in the possibility and feasibility of overcoming the resistance of disarmament opponents, as is shown by steps taken in the field of the curtailment of the arms race in recent times, especially in the period when the present process of improving the political climate has set in. 13. It was precisely in the period that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [resolution 2373 (XXII), annex] came into force, that the emplacement of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction was prohibited in outer space as well as oil the sea-bed and ocean floor and in the subsoil thereof, and that the Convention on the prohibition of bacteriological weapons was added to the operative international instruments. 14.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The memorandum convincingly showed that, during the nuclear missile era, the arms race is a formidable danger for the future of peoples of our planet. Despite its utter absurdity, the search for ways and means of gaining military superiority, which is the main preoccupation of aggressive military- political blocs, entails staggering expenditures of material resources. The following figures graphically demonstrate the rate of growth in military expenditures: whereas in 1949 the military appropriations of the countries members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] totaled $18 billion, in 1976 this sum reached $170 billion.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“This Congress, attended by more than 90 countries and 50 international organizations representing various political parties, governmental and non-governmental organizations, called upon the peoples of all countries not only to put an end to the arms race, but also to accelerate the attainment of general and complete disarmament, and also to support the idea of the conclusion of a world treaty of the non-use of force in international relations. 12. The memorandum of the Soviet Union on questions of ending the arms race and disarmament submitted by Mr., A. A. Gromyko, USSR Foreign Minister, for the consideration of the current session of the General Assembly [A/31/232], quite rightly draws the attention of all States and peoples to the central and urgent task facing humanity at present-to stop the material preparation for war.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The majority of countries favor the policy of ensuring international peace and security, which was convincingly evident in the decisions adopted by the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries in Colombo in August [see A/31/1971]. 11. Reflecting the unquenchable aspirations of the peoples for lasting peace and security, for a cessation of the arms race and for disarmament and detente, the World Congress of Peace Forces, held at Helsinki from 23 to 26 September 1976, strongly advocated these goals.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Broad international co-operation is necessary, not only for strengthening peace, but also for an early solution of such problems as the elimination of illiteracy, as environmental protection, control of pollution of the atmosphere and the high seas, development and exploitation of new energy sources, prevention of natural calamities, prevention and treatment of the most dangerous diseases. 10. Every thread of mutually advantageous co-operation among States, woven into the texture of peaceful relations, strengthens the fabric of international peace and security and facilitates the achievement of agreements on problems of military detente.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“To protect such an atmosphere from pollution, it is necessary for peoples to have a better knowledge of one another, to respect one another's culture, historical traditions and the achievements of nations and, of course, to refrain from interfering in the affairs of other countries. This goal requires a resolute struggle against misinformation and elimination of vestiges of the "cold war", violence, racism and inhumanity. We believe that we must find common ground in the solution of sometimes very complicated international problems on the basis of political realism and that we must settle jointly complicated problems at the negotiating table. 9.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Such politicians make attempts at interfering in internal affairs of other countries, sometimes even in the affairs of their partners in military and political blocs. 7. Such actions, naturally, do not contribute to detente. Though the shoots of detente are taking root in the political fields, they are still young and vulnerable, and they should be ardently guarded against various weeds of the "cold war". Therefore, concrete steps of States aimed at the further relaxation of tensions, including steps which relate to the creation of an atmosphere of mutual trust among States, are of primary importance in this matter. 8.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“It would be wrong to ignore the fact that the arms race and the improvement of weapons of mass destruction continue at the same destructive rate as before. It would be unpardonable complacency to disregard the fact that the military-industrial complex, neo-Fascist and other reactionary forces are systematically attacking detente, which renders their existence senseless. V. V. Shcherbitsky, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukraine, said the following on this score at the Twenty-fifth Congress of the Communist Party of the Ukraine: "Those who are against the Soviets evidently mourn the past days of the 'cold war' and try to revive its sinister ghost at any cost." 6. Numerous mass media organs in the West and often some prominent figures toe the line of those forces.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“Noteworthy among them are the victory of the just cause of the peoples in IndoChina, the defeat of colonial-ism and racism in several African countries such as Angola and Mozambique and others. I should like to avail myself of this opportunity to congratulate, on behalf of our delegation, the Republic of Seychelles on its admission to the United Nations. At the same time, together with other countries, we strongly demand the immediate admission to the United Nations of a big new peace-loving State, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and of a young independent African State, the People's Republic of Angola. 5. We sincerely acclaim the positive changes in the international arena, but, at the same time, we realize the complexities and discrepancies in present world evolution.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe was signed just over a year ago, but its influence on all aspects of relations among European countries is evident even now. 3. Understanding of the fact that relations of friendly co-operation, based on equality and non-interference in internal affairs, are more desirable and fruitful than confrontation in an atmosphere of hostility, which recently reigned in Europe and all over the world, is something which is gaining more and more ground among States which take a serious approach to the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. 4. Processes of detente prevailing in the political climate have accelerated positive changes in various parts of the world.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“The changes in the international situation, which have occurred in the first half of the 1970s, can, without exaggeration, be described as the start of a new phase in international development. We have witnessed the surmounting of numerous seemingly eternal road-blocks on the way to peace and good-neighborly relations between countries and peoples. Detente resulted in creating the objective prerequisites for eliminating the threat of a nuclear war. Such evolution in international relations has been largely brought about by the active and constructive policy pursued by the Soviet Union and the countries of the socialist community, which act in the international arena in close alliance and invincible unity. 2. We should first of all note the radical improvement of the political climate in Europe.”
1976-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 31 (1976)
“May the resolutions which the General Assembly will adopt at its current session contribute to the solution of the problems facing the international community in a period when the restructuring of relations among States on the basis of the principles of peaceful coexistence and respect for the rights of all peoples to free and independent development is under way.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The United Nations faces major and responsible tasks, and today as never before it has real opportunities to solve the problems on its agenda on condition, of course, that its Charter, the corner-stone of the United Nations, remains inviolable. The United Nations has lived through the years and has been strengthened thanks to the fact that as an international organization it favors the consolidation of peace and international security. 41. The thirtieth session of the General Assembly will come to an end, and the last quarter of the twentieth century will commence.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We believe that the safeguarding of human rights means, first of all, a resolute struggle against racism, fascism, and similar ideologies and practices inspired by the hatred of one's fellow men. And the United Nations, which is called upon "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person", cannot pass over the flagrant violations of human rights being committed by the fascist junta in Chile. We voice our solidarity with the Chilean people in their struggle for the restoration of democratic rights and freedoms, and demand the immediate release of Luis Corvalan and other democrats languishing in the prisons of the junta. 40.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Besides this, the most urgent question for the working people of a great many countries is the effective guaranteeing of the right to work, to education and to medical care and other social and economic rights. Indeed, it is a fact that the continuing crisis shaking the capitalist economy results in growing unemployment on a massive scale in some countries constant price increases, increasingly meager opportunities for education and inadequate medical care due to sinking living standards. Hushing up or ignoring the importance of human rights in these fields, which are of vital importance to millions of people, may create a somewhat distorted picture of the state of affairs with regard to the safeguarding of human rights in the contemporary world. 39.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“In our opinion, the United Nations and its organs should deal even more actively with the question of securing equality for women, who make up half of mankind, and especially with the question of guaranteeing them equal political and economic rights with men and promoting their wider participation in the struggle for peace, international co-operation and progressive economic development. This was also confirmed by the World Conference of the International Women's Year, held in Mexico under the auspices of the United Nations. 37. Our delegation considers it necessary to stress that one of the most important human rights is the right of every person to live in peace and security. 38.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Now that we have witnessed the collapse of the Portuguese colonial empire, the United Nations must ensure the adoption of measures for granting independence without delay to the peoples of all the remaining colonial territories. That would be a worthy crowning of United Nations endeavors which began 15 years ago with the adoption, on the initiative of the Soviet Union, of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [resolution 1514 (XV)]. 36. It is known that the United Nations has pro-claimed this year as International Women's Year.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Today, as 30 years ago, the main task of the United Nations consists in safeguarding a durable peace and consolidating international security. The road towards a durable peace and the progress of mankind can be sought through detente and disarmament, which provide the necessary conditions for the solution of the problems of development. The consolidation of peace on earth will create favorable opportunities for bringing about economic and social progress for all peoples. 35. In 1975 approximately 30 million people still remain under the yoke of colonial and racist regimes. This means that the resolute struggle for the complete eradication of colonialism and apartheid from our planet must be carried through to its conclusion.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is important to note that the decisions of the seventh special session emphasized the significance of the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order [resolution 3201 (S-VI)] and the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States [resolution 3281 (XXIX)]. As is known, as a result of the will of the overwhelming majority of the States Members of the United Nations, important political provisions are set out in these documents, emphasizing the close relationship between the problems of strengthening peace, international security, disarmament, and social and economic development. It is difficult to hope, without securing the necessary political conditions, that a successful solution of the important economic problems facing all countries in the world, including the developing countries, can be achieved. 34.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“That is why the question of the developing countries gaining full economic independence and equality in international economic relations is so urgent. 33. The recent seventh special session of the General Assembly on the question of development and international economic co-operation was a new step along the road to the achievement of those aims. The Ukrainian SSR, like the other socialist countries, fully endorsed the progressive decisions taken at that session directed at the elimination of unequal treatment for the developing countries in the world capitalist economy.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is exactly to this end that the draft resolution one of the sponsors of which is the Ukrainian SSR on the creation of favorable conditions for converting the armistice to a durable peace in Korea and accelerating the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea [A/10191 and Add.1-3, annex] is aimed. 32. During the years of political independence the developing countries have scored certain successes in their economic development. However, their economic situation remains difficult. That is due to a considerable degree to their unequal and dependent position in the world capitalist economy. It is precisely the developing countries which are most sensitive to the consequences of the profound crises in the capitalist economy.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“It is essential that there be full compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions on Cyprus, which guarantee its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. 31. Tension still prevails on the Korean peninsula. The cessation of interference by imperialist forces in the internal affairs of Korea, the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the territory of South Korea and the prompt conversion of the armistice into a lasting peace are the key to the solution of the question of the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“That Conference, I would note in passing, could not only examine this problem in its entirety, but could also take decisions on partial measures which, of course, should be implemented in conjunction with the general settlement and within its framework. In this way, and only in this way, can the establishment of a durable peace in the Middle East be promoted. 30. It is necessary to eliminate the dangerous hotbed of tension in Cyprus. The successful completion of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, to whose documents the signatures of Cyprus and other countries whose interests are directly affected by the developments in Cyprus are affixed, provides a favorable political climate for the peaceful solution of the Cyprus problem.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“First of all, it is the aggressive policy of Israel, supported by its patrons, which cherish the quite groundless hope that the problem of the Middle East can be settled at the expense of the legitimate rights and interests of the Arab peoples. This explains the delaying tactics in the resumption of the work of the Geneva Peace Conference and the desire to postpone to the Greek Calends a comprehensive settlement and to replace it by so-called partial measures. 29. The speediest possible resumption of the work of the Geneva Peace Conference certainly a conference which should be seriously prepared and in which the representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization [.PLO] should participate is the surest way to a settlement.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The United Nations has repeat-edly examined the situation in that area and today everybody, or perhaps almost everybody, agrees that to achieve a final settlement of this problem it is necessary to liberate all Arab lands seized by Israel in 1967, to secure the legitimate rights of the Arab people of Palestine, including their right to the establishment of their own State, and to guarantee the rights of all countries of the Middle East to independent existence and development. 28. The Geneva Peace Conference on the Middle East is the proper body for a comprehensive examination of the ways to settle this problem. What is hindering that settlement?”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The implementation of the decisions of the Gen-eral Assembly relating to the non-use of force, the prohibition for all time of the use of nuclear weapons and the reduction of the military budgets of States permanent members of the Security Council still retains all its importance. 27. After the elimination of the hotbed of military conflict in Indo-China, the Middle East remains the most explosive area.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Taking into account the scope of the arms race and the importance for the present and the future of mankind of curbing this dangerous process, it is necessary for the energetic efforts of the countries of the socialist community aimed at the solution of the disarmament problem to be adequately supported by the efforts of all States Members of the United Nations. Abundant opportunities for this will be provided by a world disarmament conference. However, the preparatory work for the conference should be stepped up since, owing to the resistance of one or two coun-tries, this work has been proceeding at a slow pace. 26.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“We are convinced that the adoption of the proposals of the Soviet Union will bring mankind considerably closer to the solution of the most important question of our day: the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons and then their removal from the arsenals of all States. 24. It is more than high time that the comprehensive prohibition of chemical weapons one of the various types of weapons of mass destruction should be taken as a measure of practical disarmament. The United Nations must once again come out in favor of solving the problem of the prohibition of chemical weapons in the nearest future. 25.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“Each year, the persistent voice of the over-whelming majority of States is heard from this rostrum calling for and demanding the immediate cessation of nuclear testing. Another proposal of the Soviet Union submitted at the current session also fully corresponds to these appeals: the proposal for the conclusion of a treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear tests [see A/10241, annex]. It appears to us that attitudes towards this proposal will serve as a reliable criterion in determining who genuinely supports real measures to curb the arms race and who opposes them.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“As Leonid 1. Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, stressed: "The level of present-day science and technology is such that there arises a serious danger of the development of still more frightful weapons than nuclear arms. Human reason and conscience dictate the need for erecting an insurmountable barrier to the development of such weapons." That is precisely why we welcome and fully support the new significant initiative of the Soviet Government regarding the conclusion of an agreement on the prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and of new systems based on such weapons. 23.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“As a result of the efforts of many States, important agreements have recently been achieved which have led to a considerable reduction in nuclear tests, to the prohibition of the proliferation of nuclear weap-ons, to the ban on the placement of those weapons in outer space, on the sea-bed or the ocean floor, and • to the prohibition of the development, manufacture or stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons. 22. As at the beginning of the "nuclear era" three or four decades ago, mankind is now on the threshold of new, even greater scientific achievements, the results of which can also be used for military purposes. What happened to discoveries in the nuclear field may happen again to possible discoveries in other fields of scientific and technological progress if measures to prevent this are not taken now.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“To prevent imperialists from unleashing wars and military conflicts is the most important task confronting the United Nations and all of peace-loving mankind. If that task is fulfilled, the elimination of wars from the life of society will become a complete reality. 20. The primary requirement of our time indeed the imperative need of our time is to seek a reduction and then the cessation of the arms race, in order to advance along the road to general and complete disarmament. 21.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)
“The new-born apologists of war, the enemies of detente, fiercely resist the positive processes now taking place in international relations. It is our universal duty to isolate these enemies of peace rather than to allow them to return mankind to the dangerous times of the "cold war". 19. Indeed, while, thanks to the efforts of peace- loving countries primarily those of the socialist community it has been possible to avert a world nuclear war, so-called local wars using conventional weapons have repeatedly broken out in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Millions of human beings have perished in these wars which have been unleashed as a result of the unwillingness of reactionary forces to reconcile themselves to the liberation of peoples.”
1975-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 30 (1975)